Scaling up tobacco cessation within TB programmes: findings from a multi-country, mixed-methods implementation study

• Main Authors: Helen Elsey (Author), Zunayed Al Azdi (Author), Shophika Regmi (Author), Sushil Baral (Author), Razia Fatima (Author), Fariza Fieroze (Author), Rumana Huque (Author), Jiban Karki (Author), Dost Mohammad Khan (Author), Amina Khan (Author), Zohaib Khan (Author), Jinshuo Li (Author), Maryam Noor (Author), Abriti Arjyal (Author), Prabin Shrestha (Author), Safat Ullah (Author), Kamran Siddiqi (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2022-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Brief behavioural support can effectively help tuberculosis (TB) patients quit smoking and improve their outcomes. In collaboration with TB programmes in Bangladesh, Nepal and Pakistan, we evaluated the implementation and scale-up of cessation support using four strategies: (1) b...